Oedipus, Fortunes and Knowledge At All Costs Oedipus Rex, King of Thebes, Solver of Riddles, victim to knowledge? I think the Teiresias said it best in the first scene, line 100 “How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be When there’s no help in the truth!” Oedipus failed to listen to the old saying that “Ignorance is bliss” and this having to know the truth no matter who it hurts or at what costs it …showed first 75 words of 966 total…

…showed last 75 words of 966 total…a little different. Think for yourself, don’t let fortune tellers like Miss Cleo do it for you, do not dig for truth at all costs and you will live a much happier life. If you don’t believe me just ask Oedipus if he was happier being King, married with four beautiful children and nothing but a plague to worry about or knowing the truth at the cost of his wife, lifestyle and sight.